Combination sheet and pillowcase



J. A. ROOK ET AL COMBINATIUN SHEET AND PILLOWCASE 2 SheetsSheet 1 FiledFeb. "7, 1959 WWW Oct. 15, 1940. .1. A. ROOK ET AL COMBINATION SHEET ANDPILLOWCASE Filed Feb, 7, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 15, 1940UNITED. ,STATES CODIBINATION SHEET AND PILLOWGASE James A. Rock and(galyg Rock. Los Angeles,

Application February 7, 1939, Serial No. 255,117

" combination sheet and pillowcase which can be easily placed inposition and whichserve all the functions and purposes of a conventionalseparate sheet and pillowcase. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination sheet andpillowcase which can be installed on a bed in a more sanitary, mannerthan the separate sheet and pillowcase now in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination sheet andpillow case which will have the same appearance when in use as theconventional sheet and pillowcase.

'Still another object of the inventionis to provide a combination sheetand pillowcase for Pullman cars, steamships, hospitals and the likewhich will be economical to manufacture and which will also materiallyreduce the laundering expense now required for separate sheets andpillowcases.

' It is-a well known fact that the expense of laundering sheets andpillowcases incurred in operating Pullman cars, steamships, hospitalsand the like is very high and if the use of separate pillowcases couldbe eliminated, a material reduction would be effected. However, merelyplacing a sheet over both the mattress and pillow is most unsatisfactorysince it does not permit of any relative movement between the mattresscovering portion and the pillow covering portion, nor does it providefor a space for placing the hand or arm under the pillow which manysleepers find'a most comfortable position.

It is also well known that there is much petty thieving of pillowcasesby travelers in sleeping cars and steamships and the cost of replacementis very high overthe period of a year.

Moreover, while sleeping car porters and bedroom stewards are carefullytrained how to insert pillows in cases with minimum handling of thepillows, it is still apparently necessary for them to hold the pillowsclose to them when inserting it in a case which is held by the handsandmany travelers consider this most objectionable.

We accomplish the foregoing objects of the invention and others, whichwill be apparent as the description proceeds, and overcome theobjectionable features of the conventional separate sheet and pillowcaseby means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings in whichthe construction shown in Fig. 2;

.actersindicate'like parts on all the views themsuitable pillowreceiving position. As is obvious, the portion of the sheet between 2and 5 must .PATEN T o FIc a L'EV Fig, 1' is a perspective of a Pullmanmade up berthwith our invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the combined sheetand pillowcase constitutingour invention; e Fig. 3 is.a .bottom plan of the construction '5" shownin Fig. 2, partly broken away; a v

Fig. 4 is anedge view of the upper portion of Fig. Sis a. bottom plan ofa modified form of 'our invention, partly broken away; Fig, 6 isasectionon the line .66 ofFig. 5; Fig. 7 is a bottom plan showing amodified form'of fastening means for the pillow enclosing portion; v I

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan of a further modifica- I? tion of:our invention;and I Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8. On the drawings inwhich like reference char-v of, Fig, 1 illustrates the well-known formof 29. Pullman made-upberth having a mattress and a head rest. Iindicates, the main portion of a lower sheet which covers, the mattress.The upper portion of the sheet is folded back upon itself, as shown at2, then folded in a reverse direction, 25 as shown at 3, and the upperedge finally folded reversely, as shown at 4, so that it may be stitchedto the first fo-ldZ' at 5. A second. row of stitch.- ing 6 for the fold2 serves to provide a reenforcee ment and also to hold the foldedportions in 30 enclose sufiicient space I to receive and surround thecircumference of a conventional pillow.

In order to facilitate the tucking in of the sheet 86 under the mattressand under the ends of the pillow, it has been found desirable to provideslits 8 at the longitudinal edges of the sheet just beneath the fold 3which is the portion which covers the lower edge of the pillow. Theportions 9 40 can then beturned around the edge of the mattress and theportions I ll around the ends of the pillow.

It will thus be seen that our improved construction will have all thefunctions and the same appearance when in use as the conventionalseparate sheet and pillowcase. The pillow or pillows, if two aredesired, can be easily inserted in the space 1, as in the. conventionalpillowcase, while the space H, between thefolded portion 3 and 50 themain body of the sheet is the full equivalent in comfort of the spacebetween the lower face of a pillowcase and themain body of the sheet.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a modification wherein the sheet is folded inthe same manner as i1- lustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, at l2, l3 and i4respectively, but the top edge of the sheet is not stitched to the foldl2, as in the first form of the invention described, but terminatesshort of the fold and is turned back upon itself and stitched to providea reenforcement i5. Buttonholes or similar openings I6 are formed inboth the reenforced fold l2 and the reenforced edge l and the pillowcaseportion is held in pillow encircling position by means of pairs ofbuttons l8 which are joined to each other by the cord it), the buttonsbeing passed through the buttonholes or openings It.

In Fig. '7, a further modification is shown wherein the sheet is foldedand stitched as at 22 and 25 to provide suitable reenforcements, thesereenforoements being provided with eyelets or openings 26 through whichis threaded a lacing 21 for holding the parts in pillowcase encirclingposition.

In Figs. 8 and 9 is shown a third modification wherein the top edge ofthe sheet is folded and stitched to form a reenforcement 3i, and then isfolded, as shown at 32 and 33, and finally folded upon itself andstitched to form a second reenforcement 34. In the reenforcements 3i and34 are provided buttonholes or other suitable openings 35 to receivepairs of buttons 36 joined to each other by cords similar to the cordl9. In this form of the invention, the lower buttons might be secured tothe mattress, if desired, thereby preventing the misplacement or lossthereof and holding the device firmly in position.

While our preferred construction is shown in 1 Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive,wherein the pillow is entirely enclosed, the other forms of theinvention provide advantages such as the ease with which the pillow maybe placed inv position. It is only necessary to place the sheet inposition on the.

made for buttoning or otherwise fastening thereto if desirable tohold-the device firmly in position.

It is also to be noted that, while we have described our fastening meansas consisting of buttons or lacings, it is within the purview of ourinvention to employ snap fasteners, zippers or other suitable forms offastening means.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new is and desireto secure by Letters Patent: 7

1. A combined sheet and pillowcase comprising an upper pillowcaseportion and a main sheet portion, the upper portion being folded backupon itself and secured transversely to the main portion, the distancebetween the line of securement and the upper edge being substantiallythat of the circumference of a pillow, and means for conmeeting theupper edge and the main portion adjacent the line of securement.

2. A combined sheet and pillowcase comprising, an upper pillowcaseportion and a main sheet portion, the upper portion being folded backupon itself and secured transversely to the main por-: tion, thedistance between the line of securement and the upper edge beingsubstantially that of wherein the main portion is provided with a slitextending from a longitudinal edge thereof and of a length substantiallythat of the thickness of a mattress, said slit being in substantialalignment with the lower edge of the pillowcase portion whereby thesides of the pillowcase portion may be folded under the pillow.

4. A combined bed sheet and pillowcase, comprising a sheet of material,the upper portion of said sheet of material being folded back andsecured to itself adjacent the line of fold, the upper edge of the sheetof material being connected to the main .body of the sheet adjacent theline of fold to form apillowcase, the line of fold being intermediatethe upper and lower edges of the pillowcase, whereby the lower portionof the pillowcase may be spaced from the main body of the sheet.

- JAlWES A. BOOK.

CLAY I-I. ROOK.

